Loaded is a masterpiece. Its probably their most underrated record and the last song from it - Oh! Sweet Nuthin' is my personal favourite song of theirs
This album and Loaded are probably their most accessible albums. Loaded is also a very great album you definitely need to check out. Also Check out Lou Reed’s album Berlin. Probably his best, and a concept album.
Yes you have to do Loaded it’s probably my favorite “Sweet Jane” “Rock & Roll” “ Who loves the Sun” are classics and it’s more uptempo and melodic record overall
Still hoping for Ghosts of the Great Highway to get the nod. Glad you’ve rounded out the essential Velvet Underground albums though! Strongly recommend you listen to the closet mix for future relistens.
you are the man a few recommendations: songs - Adrianne Lenker (folk, singer-songwriter) Ghosts of the Great Highway - Sun Kil Moon (folk rock, singer-songwriter, alt-country) SMILE :D - Porter Robinson (pop-punk, pop, electronic) Process - Sampha (experimental r&b, great production) Hypochondriac - Brakence (very experimental emo rap, glitch pop) Reading Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays (the smiths ish, with beautiful female vocals)
Day idk of suggesting: Tim Hecker - Virgins (Drone, Ambient) Clipping. - Visions of bodies being burned (Horrorcore, Industrial Hip Hop) Jane Remover - Frailty (Indietronica, Digicore, Hyperpop) Igorrr - Savage Sinusoid (Avant-Garde Metal, Breakcore, Baroque) Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy (Drill and Bass, Jazz Fusion) Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete (Electro-Industrial, Progressive Electronic) Machine Girl - WLFGRL (Hardcore Breaks, Footwork) 2814 - Birth of A New Day (Dreampunk, Basically Vaporwave without any samples)
So glad to see you doing more velvet underground! I really love hearing your opinions on albums, always a good watch/listen. Don't know if you are still taking recs from comments, but I highly recommend Alien Lanes by Guided by voices! 🤘
My interpretation of im set free is that its not happy. The line “I'm set free to find a new illusion” suggests to me that the character has found freedom but is unsatisfied. It then leads into the confusion of murder mystery. This whole album is about paradox and I love how mysteriously complex it is. Recommend watching Joe Noses video on it
Excited to see you cover blood on the tracks from Bob Dylan, considering what you liked about highway 61 it’ll be much more ur thing, the storytelling shines on that one imo
This is a concept album about self loathing, falling in love, getting your heart broken, redemption, healing, finding yourself again. Some Kinda love is about oral pleasure. Could be about addiction, love or both. I think Murder Mystery is about the chaos of the singles scene and the final track is about realizing the singles scene is not the right thing in the moment of Murder Mystery and finding that your solitude is really the right way to approach moving on.
Think I said this on yr last VU video, but you should check out ‘Paris 1919’ by John Cale. He was one of the original members of the velvets. It’s a really beautiful singer songwriter/baroque pop (kinda)concept album.
awesome recs: Polvo - Today's Active Lifestyles (Sick sounding early 90s math/indie rock, awesome guitar tone) Swirlies - Blonder Tongue Audio Baton (GORGEOUS unique sounding early 90s shoegaze, sounds like mbv, pavement, guided by voices with twee pop mixed in, so awesome, better than Loveless imo) Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (Unique folk-punk, early 80s college/alt rock, very catchy) Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (Really catchy power pop, slightly shoegazey, same label as The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine) Quasi - Featuring "Birds" (Awesome Built to Spill-esque/Pacific Northwest indie rock, same label as Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Duster etc) The Breeders - Pod (Unique early 90s alt rock, Steve Albini prod, was in Kurt Cobain's top 3 albums of all time) Slint - Tweez (Sick late 80s post-hardcore/math rock, also Steve Albini prod) Pinback - Pinback (Very chill and creative late 90s indie rock) Modest Mouse - This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About (Amazing album, basically as good as The Lonesome Crowded West) The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land (badass big-beat dance music) Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand (lovely 90's lo-fi) Hella - Hold Your Horse Is (Math Rock with the drummer from Death Grips, before he was in Death Grips) Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (Absolutely perfect 90's indie rock album)
Sigur Rós - ( ) (best winter album there is) Kurt Vile - Bottle it in (singer songwriter, very creative and personal lyrics, good autumn listen) Chat Pile - Gods Country (heavier stuff, great album) Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (tied with kurt vile as my favourite singer songwriter) Jon Hopkins - Singularity (one of my fav electronic albums, also has classic piano parts, has worked a lot with Brian Eno for example) Sun Kil Moon - Benji (great singer song writer album)
Hey Smags, during your reaction of Beach House's Bloom, you said at 9:00 you would do a Minecraft lets-play if the video got 300 likes. The video has 882 likes, yet for some reason I can't seem to find your Minecraft let's play (I would also accept a reaction/review of Hot Fuss from the Killers
This album definitely grew on me. The first time I listened to I didn't really understand how ahead of its time it was. The murder mystery is such a cool song. Anyway, a couple albums I recommend are Mr Bungle - Self titled and Primus - Sailing the seas of cheese.
Have you heard of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC), I think you might like them since you're enjoying the Velvets. Also Love and Rockets their Albums "Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven", "Express", "Earth Sun Moon". Solo works of Daniel Ash and David J (the singers/guitar players of Love and Rockets and Bauhaus). On the other side I would really like to hear what you think of Bauhaus "In the flat field", "Mask", "The sky's gone out", "Burning from the inside", Siouxsie and the Banshees, Mick Karn (bass player from Japan, same band where David Sylvian was the singer). David Sylvian "Dead bees on a cake"... Glad to see a young man appreciating many of the great albums you reviewed.
Another goated review. my favourite of the velvet underground albums, incredibly singular in its time. im set free is one of the most emotionally potent songs ive ever heard. also you should listen to 'Wild is the Wind' by Nina Simone
Hi! I recommend you listening to Oli XL "Rogue intruder, soul enhacer", i'm addicted. Some chill weird stuff, I mean just look at the cover art it's fucking amazing
Some recs: LITTLE BUSTERS and Happy Bivouac by The Pillows (they are both top tier j-rock/grunge albums) I recommend starting with LITTLE BUSTERS though. HIGHVISION and Three Out Change by Supercar (both are great j-rock albums. HIGHVISION is indietronica, and Three Out Change is shoegaze) Everything Will Be Alright In The End by Weezer (great comeback album for weezer with some of their best songs to date)
Imma start spanning you now, But pleaseee react to The Hellp's sophomore Album "LL", I think you would enjoy it heavily, Their a electric pop duo and considered to be "Indie Sleaze". Please and thank you
After hours was genuinely 50 years ahead of its time. Sounds exactly like an indie 2010 band to me
I truly can not stand after hours, for me something the album could absolutely do without
Spiritualized definitely took a ton of cues from this album.
Thats i said amazing song timeless
and funnily enough the music video also looks like its from 2010.
@@thotheface the music video was made in 2015
"Thought of you as everything I had but couldn't keep" is BRUTAL
Loaded is a masterpiece. Its probably their most underrated record and the last song from it - Oh! Sweet Nuthin' is my personal favourite song of theirs
This album and Loaded are probably their most accessible albums. Loaded is also a very great album you definitely need to check out. Also Check out Lou Reed’s album Berlin. Probably his best, and a concept album.
F*ckin’ love Berlin
Yes you have to do Loaded it’s probably my favorite “Sweet Jane” “Rock & Roll” “ Who loves the Sun” are classics and it’s more uptempo and melodic record overall
The female singer is Mo Tucker, the drummer
"Doo dooo waaahhhh" Mfin bliss in my ears 😭
my favourite velvet underground album lets go another banger
Still hoping for Ghosts of the Great Highway to get the nod. Glad you’ve rounded out the essential Velvet Underground albums though! Strongly recommend you listen to the closet mix for future relistens.
Seconded, Ghosts is essential (and any other RHP/SKM/MK records!)
you are the man
a few recommendations:
songs - Adrianne Lenker (folk, singer-songwriter)
Ghosts of the Great Highway - Sun Kil Moon (folk rock, singer-songwriter, alt-country)
SMILE :D - Porter Robinson (pop-punk, pop, electronic)
Process - Sampha (experimental r&b, great production)
Hypochondriac - Brakence (very experimental emo rap, glitch pop)
Reading Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays (the smiths ish, with beautiful female vocals)
Yes songs is so freaking good he should listen to
Check out Rain Dogs by Tom Waits if you haven’t heard it. His gravely voice alone makes him a legend let alone the album’s insanely unique sound.
Day idk of suggesting:
Tim Hecker - Virgins (Drone, Ambient)
Clipping. - Visions of bodies being burned (Horrorcore, Industrial Hip Hop)
Jane Remover - Frailty (Indietronica, Digicore, Hyperpop)
Igorrr - Savage Sinusoid (Avant-Garde Metal, Breakcore, Baroque)
Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy (Drill and Bass, Jazz Fusion)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete (Electro-Industrial, Progressive Electronic)
Machine Girl - WLFGRL (Hardcore Breaks, Footwork)
2814 - Birth of A New Day (Dreampunk, Basically Vaporwave without any samples)
a Frailty reaction would be it 🙏
Crazy how he hasn’t gotten to WLFGRL yet
would love to see an Igorrr reaction, though i personally would like to see ‘Hallelujah’
So glad to see you doing more velvet underground! I really love hearing your opinions on albums, always a good watch/listen. Don't know if you are still taking recs from comments, but I highly recommend Alien Lanes by Guided by voices! 🤘
The velvet underground is the first alternative rock band ever probably
Yeah i will also write “Over” by Peter Hammill
What Goes On and Pale Blue Eyes are all time classics.
My interpretation of im set free is that its not happy. The line “I'm set free to find a new illusion” suggests to me that the character has found freedom but is unsatisfied. It then leads into the confusion of murder mystery. This whole album is about paradox and I love how mysteriously complex it is. Recommend watching Joe Noses video on it
After hours is so good. Glad you reviewed this one :)
Excited to see you cover blood on the tracks from Bob Dylan, considering what you liked about highway 61 it’ll be much more ur thing, the storytelling shines on that one imo
This is a concept album about self loathing, falling in love, getting your heart broken, redemption, healing, finding yourself again. Some Kinda love is about oral pleasure. Could be about addiction, love or both. I think Murder Mystery is about the chaos of the singles scene and the final track is about realizing the singles scene is not the right thing in the moment of Murder Mystery and finding that your solitude is really the right way to approach moving on.
Think I said this on yr last VU video, but you should check out ‘Paris 1919’ by John Cale. He was one of the original members of the velvets. It’s a really beautiful singer songwriter/baroque pop (kinda)concept album.
awesome
recs:
Polvo - Today's Active Lifestyles (Sick sounding early 90s math/indie rock, awesome guitar tone)
Swirlies - Blonder Tongue Audio Baton (GORGEOUS unique sounding early 90s shoegaze, sounds like mbv, pavement, guided by voices with twee pop mixed in, so awesome, better than Loveless imo)
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (Unique folk-punk, early 80s college/alt rock, very catchy)
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (Really catchy power pop, slightly shoegazey, same label as The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine)
Quasi - Featuring "Birds" (Awesome Built to Spill-esque/Pacific Northwest indie rock, same label as Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Duster etc)
The Breeders - Pod (Unique early 90s alt rock, Steve Albini prod, was in Kurt Cobain's top 3 albums of all time)
Slint - Tweez (Sick late 80s post-hardcore/math rock, also Steve Albini prod)
Pinback - Pinback (Very chill and creative late 90s indie rock)
Modest Mouse - This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About (Amazing album, basically as good as The Lonesome Crowded West)
The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land (badass big-beat dance music)
Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand (lovely 90's lo-fi)
Hella - Hold Your Horse Is (Math Rock with the drummer from Death Grips, before he was in Death Grips)
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (Absolutely perfect 90's indie rock album)
Sigur Rós - ( ) (best winter album there is)
Kurt Vile - Bottle it in (singer songwriter, very creative and personal lyrics, good autumn listen)
Chat Pile - Gods Country (heavier stuff, great album)
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (tied with kurt vile as my favourite singer songwriter)
Jon Hopkins - Singularity (one of my fav electronic albums, also has classic piano parts, has worked a lot with Brian Eno for example)
Sun Kil Moon - Benji (great singer song writer album)
Hey Smags, during your reaction of Beach House's Bloom, you said at 9:00 you would do a Minecraft lets-play if the video got 300 likes. The video has 882 likes, yet for some reason I can't seem to find your Minecraft let's play (I would also accept a reaction/review of Hot Fuss from the Killers
Loaded next bro trust
This heat deceit whatever you know
Awesome!! More Velvet Underground!!!!
day uhhh lets say 20 of recommending can - future days
If you liked how long 'What goes on' is here, check out the even longer version on 1969 Velvet Underground Live. Great double album.
Loaded is a MUST
9:35 that reaction lmaooo
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Billy was Billy Name, one of Warhols factory crew
This album definitely grew on me. The first time I listened to I didn't really understand how ahead of its time it was. The murder mystery is such a cool song.
Anyway, a couple albums I recommend are Mr Bungle - Self titled and Primus - Sailing the seas of cheese.
Everyone praises “Velvet Underground And Nico” but this is my favorite album from the band. Great tunes and super chill.
cant agree more. this album might be in my top 10 of all time
Have you heard of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC), I think you might like them since you're enjoying the Velvets. Also Love and Rockets their Albums "Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven", "Express", "Earth Sun Moon". Solo works of Daniel Ash and David J (the singers/guitar players of Love and Rockets and Bauhaus).
On the other side I would really like to hear what you think of Bauhaus "In the flat field", "Mask", "The sky's gone out", "Burning from the inside", Siouxsie and the Banshees, Mick Karn (bass player from Japan, same band where David Sylvian was the singer). David Sylvian "Dead bees on a cake"...
Glad to see a young man appreciating many of the great albums you reviewed.
I think you'd like Lou's album Berlin.
If you like this, check out Galaxie 500 - On Fire. Amazing album.
fun fact: This is Brian Eno's favourite album
I would love for you to do Iggy Pop’s The Idiot. Iggy was the lead singer of the Stooges, I believe you did their Fun House.
Another goated review. my favourite of the velvet underground albums, incredibly singular in its time. im set free is one of the most emotionally potent songs ive ever heard. also you should listen to 'Wild is the Wind' by Nina Simone
man I love After Hours
Gotta check out loaded fs. U should also listen to the holy Bible by the manic street preachers!
i recommend checking out Michigan by Sufjan Stevens or diving back into Title Fight
Always with the best albums
Hi! I recommend you listening to Oli XL "Rogue intruder, soul enhacer", i'm addicted. Some chill weird stuff, I mean just look at the cover art it's fucking amazing
Hello Smags, Duck Stab guy again. Listen to Duck Stab by The Residents
I have no idea what this guy will think after hearing the residents for the first time. It’s a real trip.
Thanks young man!! ......
U gotta listen to more lou reed solo stuff and also john cales solo stuff as well like Fear.
wow some hours before u uploaded this I was watching your VU & Nico reaction haha, I recommend Tango: Zero Hour by Astor Piazzola
Def do Loaded
Gonna keep recommending Ben Folds Five- The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner until it happens
Some recs:
LITTLE BUSTERS and Happy Bivouac by The Pillows (they are both top tier j-rock/grunge albums) I recommend starting with LITTLE BUSTERS though.
HIGHVISION and Three Out Change by Supercar (both are great j-rock albums. HIGHVISION is indietronica, and Three Out Change is shoegaze)
Everything Will Be Alright In The End by Weezer (great comeback album for weezer with some of their best songs to date)
Have you listened to Paul Simon’s Graceland album? It’s great.
Day 18 of asking for Repetition by Unwound reaction
I'm reporting for backup duty 🫡
you gotta listen to Speak For Yourself by Imogen Heap
Sparklehorse - It’s A Wonderful Life
Try Lou Reed's "New York" or Coney Island Baby.
Hey I hope you'll react to The Smile - Cutouts, loved your previous Smile and Radiohead reactions!
FINALLY
MASSIVE
I was waiting for the murder mystery jumpscare
Eels Beautiful Freak
after hours is the best song ever
Listen to one of Nico's albums when you get a chance. I highly recommend "Desertshore".. It's a masterpiece
pls do berlin
Do John Frusciante "Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt". He was a huge Velvet Underground fan at the time, by the way.
Imma start spanning you now, But pleaseee react to The Hellp's sophomore Album "LL", I think you would enjoy it heavily, Their a electric pop duo and considered to be "Indie Sleaze". Please and thank you
You gotta listen to Natural Elements by Shakti (with John McLaughlin)
The best.
Bro you should def check out Bladee i would recommend albums like Icedancer, Eversince or The Fool for you! Keep up the content.
Day 2 off asking for ‘The man who sold the world’ album (1970) by David bowie🌸💕
Yess very underrated classic/blues/heavy rock album 👍
Smags listen to Waiting to Spill by The Backseat Lovers by December and my life is yours. Or Something You Needed by flipturn
React to The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
les goo
Young, Gifted, and Black - Aretha Franklin plz
Isn't it sweet? Being unique? a lowkey manifesto for the band buried in murder mystery imo
Hey you should check out sky ferreira's night time my time :)
You should do a reaction to songs about leaving by carissa's wierd
Smags please do By Your Side by Breakbot
Please could you do George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
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PLease do the pod by ween
long time watcher, first time subscriber, please listen to "...and the Ambulance Died in His Arms," by Coil.
W🙌🙌
Day 27 of recommending The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There
You should listen to Argus by Wishbone Ash
SONGS BY ADRIANNE LENKER!! PLS!!!!!
Day 43 of asking for a reaction to CALIGULA by Lingua Ignota
Day 5 of asking for After the Night by Parannoul
Day 45 of asking Smags to react to my album Mutagen
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